Ingerman (Ingram, Enguerrand) (c. 750-818), was a Frankish noble and Count of Hesbaye, son of Sigram of Hesbaye and grandson of Sigramnus of Hesbaye.

Life

Ingram came from a high noble family from Haspengouw near Liège. He was a nephew of Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz.

Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye

Ingerman married Rotrude, of unknown parentage. Ingerman and Rotrude had one daughter: Ermengarde. She married into the Frankish royal family, the Carolingians and was the first wife of King Louis the Pious, Son of Charlemagne.

Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye

Primary sources mentioning Ingoram

There seems to be only one primary source directly mentioning Ingoram.

Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye

In a medieval life story of Emperor Louis the Pious, by Thegan of Trier, Louis's wife Ermengarde is said to be a daughter of the noble duke Ingorammus, who was son of a brother of Hruotgangi "sancti pontificis". This in turn is believed to refer to Saint Chrodegang, the Bishop of Metz.

Chrodegang in turn was named in one medieval record as having parents who were nobles from Hasbania (Hesbaye).

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Counts of Hesbaye

8th-century Frankish nobility

750s births

818 deaths

Year of birth uncertain